Paper Birds

As Mother Nature sings Her requiem

The machines all gather around and sing along

We hang from kites until the tide comes in

It'll be another week before we know what's wrong

We watch the trees turn into skeletons

As the leaves float to the ground and fill the cracks

They'll try to show us the improvements then

But they know without a doubt that we won't come back

Drift to the moon, write out your name

There's something to remember

The smile on your face

Is enough to make me crawl out of this place

So let's the chew the fat until the axis bends

Well, we'll climb inside the sun and write our wills

We'll sell our secrets to the government

So the world can eat them up until they've had their fill

Caught in the rain, soaked to the bone

I'm nothing to remember

But the smile on your face

Is enough to make me crawl out of this place

Torn paper birds

Drop from the sky

And carry my home away

The rooms in the walls

Climb out and fall

I hope they'll be okay

When you're fearless

It makes it hard to stay awake

When you're gutless

It makes it hard to play the game

The cracks in my spine

The gleam in my eye

The fork inside my lungs

They'll never change

And I'll do the same

The war that's never won